Adult Parties

Everything from surprise birthday parties, Bachelorette Parties, Fun Get-togethers, and even Family Reunions!

We supply the art teacher, materials and the space in our main gallery for $30 per person-your choose the date/time and BYOB!You can choose from any of our existing Arty Party teachers, select from any of their painting samples and invite up to 30 friends to participate!

We have a kitchen that can be used for catered events, a separate room for gifts and cocktails, and a large classroom for painting.

Choose on of these instructors:

Shawn Dell Joyce is the founder of the Wallkill River School of Art, a nonprofit artists' collective with an environmental mission to save open spaces and small farms. Her artworks and writings have been widely publicized in many national newspapers and magazines like the New York Times and Mothering Magazine. She has won many prestigious awards for her work such as the “Woman of the Year” for 2009 from Girl Scouts and YWCA of Orange County. She recently won Orange Environment’s “Sustainable Art” award. She is a signature member of New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), and won the “People's Choice” Award at the International Plein Air Paint Out in Niagara Falls, Canada. Her works are in major museum collections like the Museum of Modern Art and Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris, France. She has been teaching drawing and painting classes for fourteen years.

Nancy Reed Jones is originally from Long Island, NY, Nancy,studied at the Huntington Art League and became a well- established oil and acrylic painter. Nancy owned her own mural business for many years before devoting all her time to teaching her skills at the Wallkill River School of Art. She has used art therapy to help people in recovery from addiction. Nancy holds an ongoing acrylic workshop and teaches the absolute beginner to the advanced painter. Relaxation techniquesand soothing musicare used in her workshopsto help with stress reduction.

Debbe Cushman Femiak was born in the small town of Bellows Falls, VT and moved to the Hudson Valley area in 1996 (currently residing in Newburgh). She is one of the represented artists at the Wallkill River School & Art Gallery in Montgomery for 2011. She teaches fiber art classes on Wednesday and Thursday evenings and attends classes whenever time permits. Debbe is a multi-media artist and is equally comfortable with many mediums. She enjoys working with pastels, watercolor, acrylics, and drawing, as well as her long time enjoyment of knitting and crocheting. Some of her art work can be viewed via her website:

William Noonan has a BFA from SUNY Purchase and has since studied at the New York Academy of Art, the Woodstock School of Art, The International School of Art - Umbria Italy, and the Art Students League of New York. He has been deeply involved in the Hudson Valley’s local art scene. He is co-creator of the Newburgh Art Salon.

*Note this teacher offers only nude figure study classes as an

adult party.